Re: Cases - and my first real translation!

Hi, Dan,

from my conlang files:

allative (motion toward--to)
comitative (accompaniment--with)
elative (--out of, away from, from a place or source)
inessive (location within--in)
locative (location--at)
superessive (--on, upon)
ablative (by, with [instrumental], from)
delative (--down from)
illative (--into, toward)
lative (--as far as, up to)
prolative (--along, by way of)

abessive (--without)
accusative (indicates not only patient, but motion to in other contexts)
causative (cause--because of)
equative (likeness, identity--as, like, in the capacity of, that is, a.k.a.)
purposive (purpose--for)
translative (result of change--"into" as in 'the ice melted into water')

a)    This list is NOT exhaustive.

b)    I'm not sure that the definitions of these case names are definitive.
For example, "locative" may indicate location at in one language whose case
system has an "allative" case indicating motion toward, but another language
may have a case that indicates either location at or motion toward depending
on context, and this case might be called "locative."

c)     This is conlanging;   although existing case names are preferred so
that your audience can understand your descriptions, if you invent a novel
case, you can give it a new name.

Somebody feel free to correct my errors.   Honest.

Jim

From: Daniel Seriff


>I still need a list of the technical names of the prepositional
>cases...does anyone have one?
>
>Also, I've finally gotten my first real translation done! I did the
>Babel text, of course, and I've put it on the web. Go here to see it:
>
>http://microtonal.tripod.com/language/conlang/mungayod/babeltext.html
>
>I'd love to hear comments, naturally.
>